Colour Mixing
This video from the Royal Institution describes how colour mixing works. Colours of light cannot be mixed in physics but different cones in your eyes are sensitive to different colours. The brain interprets a mixture between the two as a colour somewhere between the two. In the case of magenta, your brain invents this colour…
Cloud Chamber
This video from the Royal Institution shows tracks within a cloud chamber. A supersaturated layer of alcohol vapour exists just above the floor of the chamber and the ionisation radiation causes vapour to condense along the path of the radiation. An Americium source is introduced into the chamber so that tracks from alpha radiation…
Teaching Traditional Research Skills in Science
This Teachers TV video highlights the importance of teaching practical research skills to Key Stage Four science students. A dependence on the internet in some subjects, but particularly science, can take students away from a hands-on approach to learning. Simon Pugh-Jones, of Writhlington School in Somerset, shows how science at…
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Precision or Process - KS3 Science
In this Teachers TV programme, two PGCE tutors analyse a Year Nine science lesson on healthy eating at Haydon School, Hillingdon, taught by Head of Science Dave Dennis. Malcolm Reed and Sasha Matthewman review footage of the lesson which is based on investigating the fat and salt content in both beef and veggie burgers. Central…
Lisa Green
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Lisa Green receives advice on how to improve her presentation skills from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard focuses on Lisa's performance in the classroom and identifies ways of giving her teaching more pace and movement to…
Alexandra Edwards
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Alexandra Edwards receives advice on how to improve her presentation techniques from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard is impressed by Alexandra's "game show host" approach to teaching but, like all performers, he…
Movement, Praise and Groups
This Teachers TV programme features Trainee teacher Nic Cooper who wants to improve her behaviour management. Nic is taking a top-set Year Seven science lesson on kidney function. Behaviour expert Sue Cowley helps Nic relax and praise her students more. Once the group work has begun, Sue notices that Nic spends much of the time…
Secondary Science Technicians
Science technicians are an integral part of any school science team and offer invaluable back-up to science teachers. In this Teachers TV video, two science technicians at Manor School, York, work with Simon Quinnell, senior science technician at the National Science Learning Centre, to develop their skills, inspire students and…
Subject Knowledge: Science
Produced by Teachers TV, this video provides an insight into climate change, the change in our world and a change in the way scientists view it. It can be used to explain the topics covered as well as illustrating ideas about how science works. Professor Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia delves into the chemistry…
Cross Curricular: Science Gets Fruity
Produced by Teachers TV, this video shows how science and musical theatre can be mixed. Students are inspired by visits from a physicist, a botanist, and a musician. The cross curricular day for Year Seven begins with an exploration of the physics of sound through drama. Next, the students get the chance to make music with…
Learning Outside the Classroom
Part of the Great Lesson Ideas series, this Teachers TV video looks at how secondary science topics can be taught away from the classroom. It shows at ideas for three great day visits. These include: • The Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, in Cornwall, to learn about satellites, space and communications. • The National…
Light - How We See Things
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It illustrates five different approaches to starting primary science lessons on light and seeing. At the end of each short clip, a question is posed to stimulate class discussion. The different scenarios are: • A man looking for his black dog in a dark wood.…
Sound and Hearing
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It contains five creative ideas for primary science lesson starters to introduce the concept of sound and hearing. Each of these videos presents the topic of sound and hearing in an exciting and accessible way, ending with a question designed to prompt class…
Changing State, Micro-Organisms and Other Topics
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It contains short video clips that can be used to introduce a particular primary school science idea. Water, water, everywhere looks at how water can be purified using evaporation and condensation. The bear helps to introduce how stringed musical instruments…
Light Show
This Science Tube video, from Teachers TV, helps children to understand about light and seeing. There are five separate, short clips: Day and night uses time-lapse film and animation from space. It shows how sunlight provides daylight and how the spin of the Earth causes night in the side shaded from the Sun. Cinema trip explores…
Action!
From Teachers TV this video, part of the Science Tube series, examines forces in action, what they do and how they can be measured using a Newton meter. There are four sections that each look at different forces. Skateboarder See how the various materials used for a skateboard have different relationships with the forces of…
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Mission 2: Body Space
The ESA DVD has been developed with the support and input from experts, teachers and their pupils from across Europe. Scenes for ISS DVD Lesson 2 were filmed during the DELTA Mission (2004) of Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers. The video looks at the effects of a weightless environment on the human body: how our sense…
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The Ingredients for Life: on Earth and in Space
On the International Space Station many of the Earth’s environmental support systems have already been engineered. Examining how some of these key technologies work, allows us to understand the vital ingredients that make Earth such an ideal place to live. In the video 'Ingredients for Life: On Earth and in Space',…
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Tales from the Prep Room: the Ames Room
Produced by the Royal Institution, this short video clip shows how perception can be confused in an Ames room. The video shows the production of the room, which has a checked floor, windows and ceiling that appear to be normal but is in fact distorted. The overall effect is that moving to different parts of the room give a distorted…
The International Space Station and Skylab
Produced by FootageVault and using original NASA video, these clips illustrate life onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and its forerunner, Skylab. The clips cover a range of topics and show: • views of the earth • floating in zero gravity • approach of the Space Shuttle Endeavour • living in…
Improving Teaching and Learning in Science
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this video introduces techniques that can be used to improve teaching and learning in science. This, and the other materials in the series, look at planning for variety in teaching and learning, gaining from technology and promoting discussion in science. These key themes…
Looking at Learning in Science
Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this resource is for teachers wishing to explore a variety of approaches to improving teaching and learning in science. The booklet contains background information and reflections on the individual video sequences, and offers questions for further discussion. It is…
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Leo Garcia: PhD Student at the Institute of Cancer Research
This STEMNET video describes the work of Leo Garcia, a PhD student at the Institute of Cancer Research working in the field of ultrasound elastography. In particular he is researching the use of this method in brain surgery to help guide the surgeon to find tumours and diagnose cancer. In the video, Leo describes how the ultrasound…
Physical Health: Videos
This video, from the Institute of Physics (IOP), shows medical scientists at work using a variety of sophisticated devices which use principles of physics to investigate what is happening inside the body. The video is presented as a whole and, for ease of use, in four sections: X-rays: how x-ray and digital images are produced…
Making a Spectacle: Videos
A video, produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP), showing people working in an optician's. They use physics to provide the correct lenses and frames for customers. The video is presented as a whole and, for ease of use, in three sections: Testing: the optometrist uses a range of tests to check how well eyes work (3:03) Making…